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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Leyton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: The various organs affected in their order of frequency may be gauged from the following list of deathes from cancer occurring during the year under review:-

The various organs affected in their order of frequency may be gauged from the following list of deathes from cancer occurring during the year under review:-

Males.Females.
Digestive organs and peritoneum—
Stomach1312
Colon813
Intestine21
Rectum97
Caecum11
Gallbladder—1
Liver41
Ileum—1
(Esophagus2
Pancreas111
Ventriculi21

Table: Respiratory organs—

Respiratory organs—

Lung42
Larynx51
Mediastinum11
Bronchus21
Epiglottis1—

Table: Female genital organs—

Female genital organs—

Cervix—2
Uterus—7
Ovary—4

Table: Male genito-urinary organs—

Male genito-urinary organs—

Prostate11 —